Laura secord canadian biography

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Every Canadian school kid knows her name, and anyone who loves chocolates also knows her name.

She is Laura Secord, and an act of bravery on her part would change the course of the War of 1812, change Canada and set in motion a great deal of events that would lead to the Canada of today.

Born on Sept. 13, 1775 in Great Barrington, to Thomas and Elizabeth Ingersoll, Secord would be joined by three sisters in 1779, 1781 and 1783 until her mother sadly passed away in 1784.

Her father would marry Mercy Smith in 1785, who would die from tuberculosis in 1789.

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Her father had also served for the American revolutionaries during the American Revolutionary War, and rose through the ranks eventually becoming the magistrate for the area. Following the death of Mercy, Thomas again remained, this time in 1789 to Sarah Backus.

The couple would have an additional four girls and three boys.

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